Supporter for garden hose nozzles



Jan. 30, A R DE SS 1,945,423

SUPFORTER FOR GARDEN HOSE NOZZLES Filed March 1933 3 rm e wtom L llmmmmnm Patented Jan. 30, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to supporters for garden hose nozzles.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved portable supporterthat can be manufactured to sell at a relatively low price.

Another object is to provide a device of this type in which the angle ofdischarge of the nozzle can be adjusted merely by pulling or pushing onthe hose.

Another object is to provide a device of this type which holds thenozzle so that it will not slip.

Another object is to provide a supporter of the type mentioned of suchshape that any desired practical angle of discharge of the nozzle can beobtained, even a vertical discharge, which is very desirable when thenozzle is adjusted to give a spray.

Another object is to provide a device of this type that is neat andartistic in appearance.

Other objects and features of novelty will be apparent from thedescription taken in connection with the drawing, in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of one embodiment of the presentinvention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device, a hose nozzle and hose beingshown in dotted lines; and

Figure 3 is a cross section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the supporter comprises a base 10 in the formof a plate, preferably a disk. symmetrically located with respect to thecenter of the disk and projecting upwardly from the upper face thereof,are two spaced lugs or trunnions 11.

The supporter arm 12 is bifurcated at its lower end and the bifurcations12 straddle the lugs 11 and are pivotally mounted on a bolt or spindlewhich extends through the tip ends of the bifurcations and the lugs. Oneend of the bolt 13 is threaded and has a thumb nut 13 thereon wherebythe frictional engagement of the bifurcations against the lugs 11 can beadjusted.

The free end portion of the arm 12 is formed with a notch 14. This freeend with the arms 15 forming the notch is convexedly curved about anaxis 16 parallel to the axis of bolt 13, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Thenozzle of the hose is adapted to be placed in the notch 14, as shown inFig. 2, with the arms 15 of the notch disposed in the peripheral groove1''! located near the base of the nozzle. If desired, the portion of thearm between the free end part and the bifurcation at the lower end canbe slightly curved convexedly as shown at A in Fig. 2. As shown in Fig.3, the intermediate portion of the arm 12 is preferably elliptical incross section, the long axis of the ellipse being parallel to the axisof the bolt 13. It will be noted that this latter axis is adjacent thebase of the supporter.

In operation, the nozzle is disposed in the notch 14, as previouslydescribed, and the thumb nut 13 turned so as to hold the arm Africtionally in any position at which it may be set. It will beunderstood that the thumb nut is not screwed up tight enough to lock thearm against turning. On the contrary, it is adjusted so that the arm 12may be turned on its pivot merely by pushing or pulling the hose.Because of the curved free end portion of the arm, the device permitsadjustments to give any practical angle of discharge from the nozzle inspite of the fact that the overall height of the supporter is not great.Furthermore, this curved end portion permits the nozzle to be moved to aposition where practically a vertical discharge is obtained. This isdesirable where the nozzle is adjusted for spraying.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

A supporter for a garden hose nozzle of the type having a peripheralgroove adjacent the base thereof including, in combination, a supportingbase consisting of a flat plate, a pair of spaced vertical lugs formedintegrally with said plate, an arm bifurcated at each end, thebifurcations of the upper end of said arm adapted to receive the nozzleand disposed in said groove, the bifurcations of the lower end of saidarm arranged to straddle said spaced vertical lugs, a bolt passingthrough said bifurcations and lugs and defining a horizontal axis aboutwhich said arm may be pivoted, a wing nut on said bolt for effectingadjustable frictional engagement between said lugs and bifurcations toallow said arm to be moved to adjusted positions by pushing or pullingon the hose the upper bifurcated end of said arm being curved about ahorizontal line parallel to said axis whereby the vertical angularadjustment of said hose may be effected even to the extent of beingdirected vertically upward.

ADDISON R. DE PASS.

